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Whassup, soul lovers.
I'd like to take this opportunity to offer my sincere thanks to Chris and the staff at Soultracks for their efforts in supporting the record!! Being an indie is a hard road to take. With all the obstacles and challenges my team and I face every single day, I'm thankful to God for each person who makes an effort to push the dream to the next level of reality. From the readers and listeners to the the DJ's and entertainment journalists. If you're reading this entry, you have played a part in the exposure of this record. I thank you all.
SolTrain is my very first project - there's a lot of passion inside. My motive for creating this project was and is to share my expression of life, love, pain and freedom with the world around me. For me, it's not about trying to convince the masses of how "wonderful" I am. I'm an ordinary guy blessed with a gift from God - I simply couldn't rest until I felt I had allowed my music to be born. Many of you (who may also be dream-chasers in one way or another) may identify with my feelings.
Now that my music is alive, it's destiny is in God's hands. For those of you who have purchased the record, I really hope you have enjoyed what you have heard. I sing for YOU who love music. The "you's" who appreciate the beauty in tone, movement and style of the human voice. The "you's" who live for the unique sounds of soul interpetation. There's more to come. I can feel my musical mind growing - the next project is going to come from another place.
For now, it's all about SolTrain for me. If you haven't had a chance to check out the album, you may do so at http://www.randevyn.com/. There's also clips from a live interview with me about the record on the site. I'll be performing soon at a venue near you (calendar is posted on the website) so stay on the look-out for the band and I! We're ready to turn it out!!
Randevyn
Web Sites:
Official Web Site
Listen to interview at HoneySoul.com
Biography
While the modern hip-hop crowd knows Atlanta as the center of Krunk Nation, the Southern city is increasingly making its claim as the unofficial hub of the underground soul movement, with one talented soul singer after another claiming that town as home. And while India.Arie, P.J. Morton and, most recently, Anthony David, have made names for themselves around the US and Europe for their brand of melodic acoustic soul, Randevyn is proof that there's still more great Southern Soul to come.
Randevyn was a well-known church singer in his hometown of Newport News, Virginia by his early teens. He had been trained since he was a child by his father, who was himself a professional singer. In high school he was mentored by the late Rev. James Moore, and the relationship led to Randevyn becoming a lead tenor in the Colorado Mass Choir directed by Stellar Award winner Joe Pace.
As a young adult, Randevyn decided to pursue a career in music and moved to Atlanta, where he began working with a multitude of future stars ranging from India.Arie to Floetry to super-producer Rodney Jerkins. Teaming with manager Sincere Johnson, Randevyn recorded his debut album, SolTrain, which documented in part his life as an aspiring musician working a regular daily job in Atlanta. The disc was released in August 2005.
by Chris Rizik
